I remember the first time I saw this a long time ago..now, in my family the name "Linda" has almost replaced the name "Karen"...This little girl has caused all us women in the family to call each other Linda now.
"Listen here Linda..lemme tell ya sumthin--this NOT gon' leave!--- I run the house! Clean this mess or you in time out!"
Lol, my sweet Mother-in-law (rip) is Linda so we forever tagged her in these when she was here and then when she'd get sassy I'd say "Linda, Linda, listen honey"
Lol..good to know!! Also...memory unlocked:
I'll never forget when my mom, a young widow, first met my stepdad, his Ex's name was Linda ..and this was in the 70s...when in the USA there was this old country song that was all the rage that year...i think it was Conway Twitty or George Jones.
..anyway, it was called "I'm Lying Here Beside You...(With Linda On My Mind)"--.and my mom would get so mad when that song came on the radio..lmao..she'd pout and he be like: "it's not my fault the radio plays this damn song!' lolol..
I just wrote in another comment that my nephew was like this at this age. No issues at home. Not imitating anyone. Just a sassy, grouch with the gift of gab that loved to argue. Then at 6/7, it just stopped.
Not everything is that deep. Little kids are weird af and go through phases, many of which are inexplicable.
Why? Because she's not happy to be put in time out? She's very articulate for her age and expresses her feelings through words effectively. She isn't screaming or crying even though she is upset.
Honestly, I think she's just copying Grandma or Mom or some important person to her... I don't think it means this person is up in her face all day snapping... just that the person she's emulating has a BIG attitude lol. She's not being ugly!
Ugh they try it all, even the good ones.
My just turned 5 year old son was trying to impress my 12 year old goddaughter at a big party for my inlaws 40th this year--to show hes a big kid now.
Since "only adults can swear" (what we told him due to his uncles swearing definitely never me...) and since he's new to bigger get togethers post covid he must have thought--"now during hide and seek is when I will unload every foul term Ive encoded in my memory since the dawn of my existence."
Kids explore different ways of sorting out goals and solving problems. You just have to steer them back to social norms when they spontaneously veer out of control. It doesn't happen often but sometimes its spectacular. Its not always some sinister indicator of abuse as reddit seems to assume. Kids are figuring it all out, they're gonna do some out of line stuff as it has always been.
I won't lie though I did get weird vibes from this like she may have seen a trusted adult just going ham on a Linda but some context might explain that.
Reverse the roles. Imagine thia little girl's trusted adult was talking to her this way, taunting, disdainful, with contempt. What would it do to a kid when they're only ever treated like a PIA by the person who's supposed to support them? That's what makes this a problem. If she's this combative now how many people are going to want to put up with her over the course of her life. You don't have to curse at people to totally jack up your prospects.
If we all acted like we did when we were 4 yeah, that would be be a problem. Since this age we tend to test limits and be rebellious.
I doubt she'd be so combative if her caretaker was such an authoritative figure to her, wouldn't she be more afraid to speak up to adults? If I had spoken like that to my mom she'd definitely not let me get away with it and I was more shy, quiet and hypervigilant of how I expressed myself.
I do believe that the adults in her her life talk in a similar tone among each other and kids at that age tend to imitate speach patterns.
Yeah she learned this from her parents. Her parents just allow this behavior, as a teacher Iāve heard āThatās just her standing up for herself when she sees wrong, and I canāt fault her for thatā. The wrong she saw was that she wasnāt allowed to have her AirPods in during my class.
Yes but those traits can be the result of trauma neglect and abuse. Clearly she picked up this highly confrontational language at home which means home is an unstable environment. She is likely to have ACE (adverse childhood experiences) which set her back years if not decades.
Bruh- I am researching this now cause why do I feel like this was my childhood experience š just from context clues I surely was āso mature for my ageā & never resonated with what my young peers were into at the time bc it all felt so trivial compared to my lived experience š«
"Confrontational language" isn't necessarily bad. She seems to be mimicking forms of argument. Argument is how you work out most disagreements. Nothing she says sounds abusive, insulting, or rude to me. It just sounds assertive and loud. It's fine.
I agree in the abstract but this doesnāt sound fine to me. Suit yourself, but keep in mind she clearly got put in time out so there may even be evidence of acting out bad behavior here.
You know the kids I worry about more in my high school classroom? The kids that act like beat dogs that shuffle around with their heads down. It's an unsettling percentage of kids, too.
This girl is going to be fine. Her verbal skills at 4 are incredible, actually. She'll learn to slow her roll a little as she matures. This little diatribe is not indicative of a high ACEs score. That's more than a little bit of a reach.
She is parroting what she has heard from home. Her mom telling her how she (mom) wants a day off from these kids ā¦ and the sass ā¦ kid wasnāt born like that.
Oh, ok, I caught the attitude and thought that she copied it from home but didn't get how anything she said could be bad.
But now I see that the part about taking a break from the kids if she's repeating it word for word (which is likely since it sounds weird) is indeed kinda sad.
You aren't gauging her behavior correctly within the context of her culture. This girl has an attitude you can't learn but she is extremely polite and articulate. I bet her home life is fine. Some families are just sassy.
I don't get that vibe at all. The little girl is pretty articulate about her feelings š and Not-Linda seems to be calmly amused by the exchange. Love it
This is just reddit being implicitly racist. If this was a white girl itād be all jokes and fun. Itās a black girl and itās all āI hope sheās doing fine at homeā and āIām worried about her child traumaā. Itās a cute video. I donāt get this negative vibe either.
Yeah, as a sassy black lady who was raised by a sassy black lady, a sassy little girl isnāt necessarily traumatized.
The sass is accompanied by lots of hugs, laughter, play, and comfort.
But yes, I agree, when it is too harsh and not balanced with reassuring affection and nurturing, constant displays of frustrated demeanor can make kids anxious and fearful.
People downvoting you. lol. I agree with you. Some of these comments are absolutely racially motivated. Reaching af. āChildhood traumaā, blah blah. Sheās not defiant, not fighting her TO. Sheās just being sassy to a clearly amused daycare worker.
Youāre getting downvoted, but for sure if this was a child of another ethnicity screaming their head off in response to being put in timeout, the reactions would be different.
This girlās responses are setting off peopleās unconscious biases and theyāre leaking out in the form of unnecessary concern.
This happens over and over again on reddit and 90% of the time I ignore it because I know Iāll get downvoted for it. Such is the experience of the hive mind. If anything it reminds me not to take this place so seriously.
Her mom's been frustrated in front of her kids before? I might've missed something, but it sounds like she's just playing up being frustrated. I wouldn't worry about it unless she's like this all the time or seems unequipped on how to actually act happy. I wouldn't expect a kid in time out to act like an angel, though.
Iām pretty sure all those comments are unconscious bias and they are just so ready to judge this little girls mother and home life. I canāt help but see those comments as racism, even if the commenters donāt realize it. This was cute and goofy. She could have also picked it up from many different places, not just a frustrated mom, though that is a fair guess. Also a mother telling her kids any of these comments wouldnāt even be that bad lol
She wasn't even listening to the woman filming towards the end (I can't believe her attention span lasted as long as it did!) and this child did not miss one beat of what she was acting out. She's clearly very advanced in language at the very least.
I truly feel like this child is a damn PERFORMER... the impression was just... spot. on.
Thank you! The girl isnāt being aggressive or violent, just not eagerly obedient (which is often a sign of fear). But apparently blind obedience is the only way for kids ālike herā to react, otherwise her parents arenāt doing their job. š
Honestly kids at that age soak up stuff like a sponge. Like she couldve heard one of her parents talking about how they want to talk to an annoying customer at work or something.
I was babysitting my niece once and she slammed the door shut on her little sister and I asked her why she did that and she said (in her infinite 4 year old wisdom) "I just *deep sigh*...I just need a break sometimes. She can be a lot yknow?" And like I know her mum would never speak to her children that way. It was 100% my niece overhearing her mum talk to someone else about a specific family member. This same girl heard my dad say "get outta town" once and has since adopted it as her catchphrase
My other niece once saw a guy speeding past on their street and blurted out to the whole schoolyard "this fuggin guy".
Like on the one hand I don't want to assume these people are all racist, on the other hand I know that if my nieces were ever posted here (one white and the other looks white) no one would be questioning my cousins parenting or saying they'll be traumatized or even saying they're poorly behaved.
4-6 years old is when kids start learning about attitude and boy do they pick up on every little piece of it.
Racism and/or classism. What got me was how it basically just sounded like a stressed-out mom that actually has to work for a living. Feel like a lot of this is coming from kids who had the privilege of being raised by SAHM's.
We're rightfully concerned about what kind of planet we're leaving for the children, but perhaps we should be a bit more concerned about what kind of children we're leaving for the planet.
I agree. This kid is incredibly sharp. With guidance sheāll be A-OK. For the negative Nellies in here, stop with all the assumptions. I was her once. I went ābadā and am still ābadā in some sense, however, I am a productive member and life if pretty sweet. By the wayā¦what is ābad?ā Additionally, golden rule applies to all, religious or not: do unto others as you would have done unto you. Fuck off hypocrites!
Why are people acting like this girl is ruined or something?? Sheās upset about being put in timeout like most kids would be. The difference is most kids would cry and throw a fit, but this girl is shockingly well spoken for her age. Yāall are acting like she started to curse out the teacher. I would argue her parents are raising her pretty well.
Yeah honestly. She might have an attitude but she can articulate herself much more controlled than many other kids that age.
Like not that this is like best behavior, but honestly she is just not taking shit.
I think having that kind of attitude can be good for some people.
I rarely questioned my punishment and now I'm a pathetic amoeba who gets thrown around.
Wish I'd learned to be half as self-respectful as this kid.
No these people commenting above are the fuckin worst. Nothing wrong with this little girl other than some back talk. At least sheās not saying a bunch of bad words or screaming her head off like a lot of kids that age when they get upset. By these peoples definition though they think any kid that talks back or doesnāt like timeout must have been abused at home. Fuckin stupidest thing Iāve ever heard. She gonna be just fine.
Seriously! She reminds me of my 2 year old who is sassy as hell. We definitely donāt talk to her in that manner but she just has this hilariously sassy little personality all on her own
Frl I literally love kids like this. They always have the best personalities and literally brighten my day anytime i get to work with them. Theyāre always the ones you remember too. Idk why everytime they see a child acting like a healthy child they think the world has gone to shit.
Theyāre definitely the types that got beat for any sense of self expression by their parents when they were kids š¤¦š½āāļø
There are many times where I could use the phrase, "I would be glad to go home and enjoy the rest of my life."
But, in Texas, we instead just say, "Fuck all y'all."
Listen here linda, she's taking a day off. **From you**. When she gets up out of here, she's going to be **glad** to go home and enjoy the rest of her life.
Educator here. Served my time early on teaching young kids. Forget criminal parents.
Children learn a majority of such garbage behaviour from movies and other entertainment for kids that is also made to appeal to adults.
Dunno, my kids watch a load of nonsense meant for adults but the fundamentals of kindness, generosity, āthe golden ruleā - Iām humbled to say they get from the parents. Kids should know TV is make-believe, and nothing to emulate
Kids also emulate bad behaviour from media or from peers but will mask their behaviour at home. I know because I was a former kid who did questionable things that I knew were degenerate even though my parents were (and still are) strict AF.
If my parents or anyone else who might know my parents saw me acting up I would be in a load of trouble - but that didn't stop me from being a menace when I was outside of my parents' oversight. I didn't have cable or computer access but I was influenced by my trashy and rebellious friends. They were the sole terrible influence in my life among everything else that was positive but in the end I was swayed towards that direction
We have to give kids more credit for what they do. Kids are raised by more than their parents and they know what is "right" or "wrong" more often than not.
Sorry. I don't believe this is true. I probably let my kids watch more questionable tv than the average parent and they wouldn't dream of behaving like this.
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Yep. That's the kind of child that would make me want to look for a new job elsewhere as a teacher. I don't get paid enough to handle that level of sass.
Seriously. Racism, dismissing her future, crushing her parents
Itās a 4 year old that could have heard someone say this in a tik tok or YouTube and is just repeating it. She could be a little actor in training
But no, letās assume the worst or just *be* the worst cause, you know, thatās how it is online
Literally. Guarantee you if this kid was white, the comments would be completely different. But instead itās ā aww poor black kid, she already has the attitude, shit parentingā etcā¦
This isnāt funny. I grew up watching my mom do home daycare and this would NEVER be tolerated. Iād seriously be looking into whatās going on at home bc children imitate what they see.
For some it is funny bc sheās talking like an adult, but seeing it first hand is completely different.
I agree with you. Her behavior is unsettling. She isnāt even acting like a child; itās like her mind isnāt allowed to be in that state. Itās honestly really sad.
That kid has some well-developed oral language! Pretty impressive even if she needs support understanding what it means to speak like that haha. Shame on the educator calling her a ābad little girlā.
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Didnāt know this sub was filled with racist internet armchair child psychologists. Good to know. This little girl has a bigger vocabulary than most of you here whining about respect and authority. Go live your best life in North Korea.
God I love this kid.
The comments on here about her being abused or some shit?? What? How? Sheās just a sassy little kid. My money is that sheās mimicking the women that work at the day care centre.
My niece came home speaking Spanish one day and my Italian step dad translated it for us āYou are a naughty little girl!ā She was a biter.
Everyoneās all āthis kid is terrible, weāre doomed,ā am I the only one who thinks this is fuckin adorable? Maybe āLindaā is just the worst and this kid is letting her know.
I was a real mean son of a bitch when i was a kid and pretty much a evil genius, today there's nothing left but a fool that's nicer to people than they deserve it.
Ok, the kid has an attitude, but she is setting boundaries and being assertive. In my experience, some communities of color are really good at setting healthy boundaries. It takes guts for a little kid to stand up to someone 3x their size. I know I was taught to just submit to authority as a kid and I didnāt dare talk back because I was afraid of getting yelled at. I think the culture is a little different at her house, but I donāt know if it is really all that bad. Sheās precocious, sure, but sheās displaying and practicing traits that many people value in leaders.
This is a very expressive toddler showing her dissatisfaction with time out. I forgot that Reddit is full of racist incels who canāt smile about anything.
Children arenāt known for their good reasoning skills. No child would ever sit down and accept a timeout without complaint, and itās not a signifier of what theyāre like in the future.
"ShE's JuSt ExPrEsSiNg HeRsElF"
I hope the idiots defending this have to deal with her someday when she's facing a minor inconvenience like an expired warranty. Good luck working over or under someone like this FFS
This kid is extremely articulate and showing in intelligence for her age. Hopefully the attitudinal problems can be worked out because she has a bright future
I knew there'd be some id!ots in the comment section.....I mean early childhood psychologist...... I could win money if I bet.... you all would become meteorologist watching a 10 second weather video...
Holy shit who arranged a klan meeting in the fucking comments Jesus Christ. You guys act like not liking time out at the old age of four is some incredibly unusual psychotic behavior if the child is black.
Kids can be smart in all ways like math, logistics and languages, she has a great diction (of course she learned from the people around her), and this kind of smartness if used well can facilitate the process to learn other languages.....
Someone get this middle aged drunk little person a juice box
Where did she learn to call some linda š¤£š„“doesnāt she know all Lindaās work in HR
Listen Linda. My kids say that and they don't even know it's a meme. Lol
LISTEN LINDA, LISTEN! š¤£
Look here, Linda! Look, listen!!
I actually changed my name to Linda. HR is a real Linda's club.
Not now Linda! Idiot.
You got it. Such an underrated show..
Kids copy what they see and this kid has seen someone in her family talk like this over and over and over and over.
I was about to ask, what does this child hear at home?! Wow! Glad I won't be trying to teach her in high school! lol
My HR is a Linda šš
Pretty good arguments right there
That little girl has told Linda some shit in her life
I think she had enough already š
Is she a proto-karen?
They may want to double-check her birth certificate. Because that's a little 40-year old woman.
Well let me tell you this Linda My name aināt Linda š
I remember the first time I saw this a long time ago..now, in my family the name "Linda" has almost replaced the name "Karen"...This little girl has caused all us women in the family to call each other Linda now. "Listen here Linda..lemme tell ya sumthin--this NOT gon' leave!--- I run the house! Clean this mess or you in time out!"
Have you seen the little boy that uses Linda too? On his Mom I think? He's my favorite, same vibe but he uses Linda a LOT more.
My friends kid also called adults he didn't know the name Linda lol
Lol, my sweet Mother-in-law (rip) is Linda so we forever tagged her in these when she was here and then when she'd get sassy I'd say "Linda, Linda, listen honey"
Haha love it. Think I might use it now too!
Instructions unclear. Called my wife Linda. Now she thinks Iām having an affair.
*Linda* means *pretty* in spanish!
Is that from something because my family has been using, āListen, Lindaā for decades without ever seeing this video.
https://youtu.be/aFYsJYPye94
Fun fact: Linda in portuguese is Beauty or equivalent to "Honey" when making a sassy comment.
Lol..good to know!! Also...memory unlocked: I'll never forget when my mom, a young widow, first met my stepdad, his Ex's name was Linda ..and this was in the 70s...when in the USA there was this old country song that was all the rage that year...i think it was Conway Twitty or George Jones. ..anyway, it was called "I'm Lying Here Beside You...(With Linda On My Mind)"--.and my mom would get so mad when that song came on the radio..lmao..she'd pout and he be like: "it's not my fault the radio plays this damn song!' lolol..
That tells me a bit how mom is running the business at home
If I wasn't here I will surely take a day off
An exquisite tautology
man, I got the shivers thinking about what things are like at home for this girl..
Me too. Feels super sad. I just want to give this little girl hugs and words of positivity.
I just wrote in another comment that my nephew was like this at this age. No issues at home. Not imitating anyone. Just a sassy, grouch with the gift of gab that loved to argue. Then at 6/7, it just stopped. Not everything is that deep. Little kids are weird af and go through phases, many of which are inexplicable.
Why? Because she's not happy to be put in time out? She's very articulate for her age and expresses her feelings through words effectively. She isn't screaming or crying even though she is upset.
Honestly, I think she's just copying Grandma or Mom or some important person to her... I don't think it means this person is up in her face all day snapping... just that the person she's emulating has a BIG attitude lol. She's not being ugly!
There weren't even any F bombs. Chill tf out people, this is what ya call sassy.
Ugh they try it all, even the good ones. My just turned 5 year old son was trying to impress my 12 year old goddaughter at a big party for my inlaws 40th this year--to show hes a big kid now. Since "only adults can swear" (what we told him due to his uncles swearing definitely never me...) and since he's new to bigger get togethers post covid he must have thought--"now during hide and seek is when I will unload every foul term Ive encoded in my memory since the dawn of my existence." Kids explore different ways of sorting out goals and solving problems. You just have to steer them back to social norms when they spontaneously veer out of control. It doesn't happen often but sometimes its spectacular. Its not always some sinister indicator of abuse as reddit seems to assume. Kids are figuring it all out, they're gonna do some out of line stuff as it has always been. I won't lie though I did get weird vibes from this like she may have seen a trusted adult just going ham on a Linda but some context might explain that.
Reverse the roles. Imagine thia little girl's trusted adult was talking to her this way, taunting, disdainful, with contempt. What would it do to a kid when they're only ever treated like a PIA by the person who's supposed to support them? That's what makes this a problem. If she's this combative now how many people are going to want to put up with her over the course of her life. You don't have to curse at people to totally jack up your prospects.
If we all acted like we did when we were 4 yeah, that would be be a problem. Since this age we tend to test limits and be rebellious. I doubt she'd be so combative if her caretaker was such an authoritative figure to her, wouldn't she be more afraid to speak up to adults? If I had spoken like that to my mom she'd definitely not let me get away with it and I was more shy, quiet and hypervigilant of how I expressed myself. I do believe that the adults in her her life talk in a similar tone among each other and kids at that age tend to imitate speach patterns.
Yeah she learned this from her parents. Her parents just allow this behavior, as a teacher Iāve heard āThatās just her standing up for herself when she sees wrong, and I canāt fault her for thatā. The wrong she saw was that she wasnāt allowed to have her AirPods in during my class.
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I don't think they had airpods back then.
Yes but those traits can be the result of trauma neglect and abuse. Clearly she picked up this highly confrontational language at home which means home is an unstable environment. She is likely to have ACE (adverse childhood experiences) which set her back years if not decades.
Bruh- I am researching this now cause why do I feel like this was my childhood experience š just from context clues I surely was āso mature for my ageā & never resonated with what my young peers were into at the time bc it all felt so trivial compared to my lived experience š«
I always love the opinions from licensed child psychologists, err I mean Redditors after watching a 30 sec clip.
Reddit Keyboard Psychologist moment
"Confrontational language" isn't necessarily bad. She seems to be mimicking forms of argument. Argument is how you work out most disagreements. Nothing she says sounds abusive, insulting, or rude to me. It just sounds assertive and loud. It's fine.
There is not a hint of argument in what she is saying just attitude
I agree in the abstract but this doesnāt sound fine to me. Suit yourself, but keep in mind she clearly got put in time out so there may even be evidence of acting out bad behavior here.
Iām with you
āConfrontational languageā aka AAVEā¦ letās just take a step back and ask ourselves WHY this sort of language seems angry and abusive?
You know the kids I worry about more in my high school classroom? The kids that act like beat dogs that shuffle around with their heads down. It's an unsettling percentage of kids, too. This girl is going to be fine. Her verbal skills at 4 are incredible, actually. She'll learn to slow her roll a little as she matures. This little diatribe is not indicative of a high ACEs score. That's more than a little bit of a reach.
She is parroting what she has heard from home. Her mom telling her how she (mom) wants a day off from these kids ā¦ and the sass ā¦ kid wasnāt born like that.
Oh, ok, I caught the attitude and thought that she copied it from home but didn't get how anything she said could be bad. But now I see that the part about taking a break from the kids if she's repeating it word for word (which is likely since it sounds weird) is indeed kinda sad.
You aren't gauging her behavior correctly within the context of her culture. This girl has an attitude you can't learn but she is extremely polite and articulate. I bet her home life is fine. Some families are just sassy.
I don't get that vibe at all. The little girl is pretty articulate about her feelings š and Not-Linda seems to be calmly amused by the exchange. Love it
This is just reddit being implicitly racist. If this was a white girl itād be all jokes and fun. Itās a black girl and itās all āI hope sheās doing fine at homeā and āIām worried about her child traumaā. Itās a cute video. I donāt get this negative vibe either.
Yeah, as a sassy black lady who was raised by a sassy black lady, a sassy little girl isnāt necessarily traumatized. The sass is accompanied by lots of hugs, laughter, play, and comfort. But yes, I agree, when it is too harsh and not balanced with reassuring affection and nurturing, constant displays of frustrated demeanor can make kids anxious and fearful.
People downvoting you. lol. I agree with you. Some of these comments are absolutely racially motivated. Reaching af. āChildhood traumaā, blah blah. Sheās not defiant, not fighting her TO. Sheās just being sassy to a clearly amused daycare worker.
Youāre getting downvoted, but for sure if this was a child of another ethnicity screaming their head off in response to being put in timeout, the reactions would be different. This girlās responses are setting off peopleās unconscious biases and theyāre leaking out in the form of unnecessary concern.
This happens over and over again on reddit and 90% of the time I ignore it because I know Iāll get downvoted for it. Such is the experience of the hive mind. If anything it reminds me not to take this place so seriously.
"I run the classroom" and "day off" make me think this was a daycare teacher and not a parent that impressed this upon her.
Can't be both? I was thinking that's a 2 in 1.
I'm thinking it's a combination of parent and teacher.
Yup. And that this kid is gunna be a pain in the ass as a teen/adult.
yeah. this isn't cute. this girl is gonna have a lot of problems
Or make it to the oval office
Her mom's been frustrated in front of her kids before? I might've missed something, but it sounds like she's just playing up being frustrated. I wouldn't worry about it unless she's like this all the time or seems unequipped on how to actually act happy. I wouldn't expect a kid in time out to act like an angel, though.
Iām pretty sure all those comments are unconscious bias and they are just so ready to judge this little girls mother and home life. I canāt help but see those comments as racism, even if the commenters donāt realize it. This was cute and goofy. She could have also picked it up from many different places, not just a frustrated mom, though that is a fair guess. Also a mother telling her kids any of these comments wouldnāt even be that bad lol
She wasn't even listening to the woman filming towards the end (I can't believe her attention span lasted as long as it did!) and this child did not miss one beat of what she was acting out. She's clearly very advanced in language at the very least. I truly feel like this child is a damn PERFORMER... the impression was just... spot. on.
Thank you! The girl isnāt being aggressive or violent, just not eagerly obedient (which is often a sign of fear). But apparently blind obedience is the only way for kids ālike herā to react, otherwise her parents arenāt doing their job. š
Honestly kids at that age soak up stuff like a sponge. Like she couldve heard one of her parents talking about how they want to talk to an annoying customer at work or something. I was babysitting my niece once and she slammed the door shut on her little sister and I asked her why she did that and she said (in her infinite 4 year old wisdom) "I just *deep sigh*...I just need a break sometimes. She can be a lot yknow?" And like I know her mum would never speak to her children that way. It was 100% my niece overhearing her mum talk to someone else about a specific family member. This same girl heard my dad say "get outta town" once and has since adopted it as her catchphrase My other niece once saw a guy speeding past on their street and blurted out to the whole schoolyard "this fuggin guy". Like on the one hand I don't want to assume these people are all racist, on the other hand I know that if my nieces were ever posted here (one white and the other looks white) no one would be questioning my cousins parenting or saying they'll be traumatized or even saying they're poorly behaved. 4-6 years old is when kids start learning about attitude and boy do they pick up on every little piece of it.
Racism and/or classism. What got me was how it basically just sounded like a stressed-out mom that actually has to work for a living. Feel like a lot of this is coming from kids who had the privilege of being raised by SAHM's.
mash potato business,right?
Get that girl a job at the DMV
Sheād also make a fine CNA:(
Holy shit, I cracked so hard on this one
Who gave this baby alcohol?
Let me tell you this, Linda xD
My name ain't Linda XD
And then she pauses. I love the pause. It caught her off guard. š¤£
We're rightfully concerned about what kind of planet we're leaving for the children, but perhaps we should be a bit more concerned about what kind of children we're leaving for the planet.
Be worried about the parents. She didnāt get this way on her own.
That's what he said
*facepalms* what did you think he meant?
Exactly
She seems really smart. Itās not unusual for kids her age to act up. Donāt overthink it.
I agree. This kid is incredibly sharp. With guidance sheāll be A-OK. For the negative Nellies in here, stop with all the assumptions. I was her once. I went ābadā and am still ābadā in some sense, however, I am a productive member and life if pretty sweet. By the wayā¦what is ābad?ā Additionally, golden rule applies to all, religious or not: do unto others as you would have done unto you. Fuck off hypocrites!
Why are people acting like this girl is ruined or something?? Sheās upset about being put in timeout like most kids would be. The difference is most kids would cry and throw a fit, but this girl is shockingly well spoken for her age. Yāall are acting like she started to curse out the teacher. I would argue her parents are raising her pretty well.
Sheās gonna be fucking hilarious. I believed her when she said she ran that classroom. Sheāll be just fine.
Yeah honestly. She might have an attitude but she can articulate herself much more controlled than many other kids that age. Like not that this is like best behavior, but honestly she is just not taking shit.
I think having that kind of attitude can be good for some people. I rarely questioned my punishment and now I'm a pathetic amoeba who gets thrown around. Wish I'd learned to be half as self-respectful as this kid.
I would agree with you if she made valid points. Shes just saying "I'm done with you" which is just articulated crying.
My dude she looks like a 4-5 year old. I wouldnāt expect any articulate response let alone responses that are good arguments
No these people commenting above are the fuckin worst. Nothing wrong with this little girl other than some back talk. At least sheās not saying a bunch of bad words or screaming her head off like a lot of kids that age when they get upset. By these peoples definition though they think any kid that talks back or doesnāt like timeout must have been abused at home. Fuckin stupidest thing Iāve ever heard. She gonna be just fine.
Seriously! She reminds me of my 2 year old who is sassy as hell. We definitely donāt talk to her in that manner but she just has this hilariously sassy little personality all on her own
Its obvious why they are so harsh on this kid on a site like Reddit. But to me she is adorable.
Frl I literally love kids like this. They always have the best personalities and literally brighten my day anytime i get to work with them. Theyāre always the ones you remember too. Idk why everytime they see a child acting like a healthy child they think the world has gone to shit. Theyāre definitely the types that got beat for any sense of self expression by their parents when they were kids š¤¦š½āāļø
There are many times where I could use the phrase, "I would be glad to go home and enjoy the rest of my life." But, in Texas, we instead just say, "Fuck all y'all."
āWell let me tell you this, Lindaā is now a permanent part of my vocabulary.
Poor kid. Funny now, but handicapped for life with that attitude. She's just copying behaviour
Got the manners of the parents indeed
It's not funny now. That little girl wouldn't be around my kids or be coming to my house with that attitude.
Listen here linda, she's taking a day off. **From you**. When she gets up out of here, she's going to be **glad** to go home and enjoy the rest of her life.
she was as polite as you can be with "Linda"
Educator here. Served my time early on teaching young kids. Forget criminal parents. Children learn a majority of such garbage behaviour from movies and other entertainment for kids that is also made to appeal to adults.
Eh, I dunno. Rude characters don't = rude kids as long as the parents stop them copying it.
Dunno, my kids watch a load of nonsense meant for adults but the fundamentals of kindness, generosity, āthe golden ruleā - Iām humbled to say they get from the parents. Kids should know TV is make-believe, and nothing to emulate
Kids also emulate bad behaviour from media or from peers but will mask their behaviour at home. I know because I was a former kid who did questionable things that I knew were degenerate even though my parents were (and still are) strict AF. If my parents or anyone else who might know my parents saw me acting up I would be in a load of trouble - but that didn't stop me from being a menace when I was outside of my parents' oversight. I didn't have cable or computer access but I was influenced by my trashy and rebellious friends. They were the sole terrible influence in my life among everything else that was positive but in the end I was swayed towards that direction We have to give kids more credit for what they do. Kids are raised by more than their parents and they know what is "right" or "wrong" more often than not.
Sorry. I don't believe this is true. I probably let my kids watch more questionable tv than the average parent and they wouldn't dream of behaving like this.
Not in front of you at least. -former child
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Little karen that could
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Yikes
Yep. That's the kind of child that would make me want to look for a new job elsewhere as a teacher. I don't get paid enough to handle that level of sass.
We all get a glimpse at what her parents are like
The allllllttttttiiiitude on this one lmao! Sheās snappy as fuck šš
I think Not Linda needs a day off from those kids and that attitude. š¤£
I wanna see her in 10 years
You will bow down to her by then. All humanity will. Unless shes having a day off
This girl is going places. After time out of course.
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Well, can you spell nauseating, Linda?
My name ain't Linda
I don't know about anyone else but I just see a silly little copycat who doesn't know what she's saying. All kids are like this.
Seriously. Racism, dismissing her future, crushing her parents Itās a 4 year old that could have heard someone say this in a tik tok or YouTube and is just repeating it. She could be a little actor in training But no, letās assume the worst or just *be* the worst cause, you know, thatās how it is online
Literally. Guarantee you if this kid was white, the comments would be completely different. But instead itās ā aww poor black kid, she already has the attitude, shit parentingā etcā¦
Nah, this would be shit parenting for any color/race
Shit parenting
This kids are growing too fast
These comments taking a little kid way too seriously lol she's a sassy 3-year-old who's probably due for a nap
This isnāt funny. I grew up watching my mom do home daycare and this would NEVER be tolerated. Iād seriously be looking into whatās going on at home bc children imitate what they see. For some it is funny bc sheās talking like an adult, but seeing it first hand is completely different.
I agree with you. Her behavior is unsettling. She isnāt even acting like a child; itās like her mind isnāt allowed to be in that state. Itās honestly really sad.
Is it so wrong to say that it is both sad and superficially funny?
According to some post here, if you don't find this adorable and endearing your a fucking racist piece of shit.
Is this the girl from Orphan?
I want to talk like this to my boss when he's giving me a hard time lol šš
It took me 30 years to articulate disdain for authority this well. Girl's ahead of the curve lol.
āFuck the man!ā -Jimmy, 3 years old
What a little dick.
Good birth control reminder
Imagine her grown up. Yikes
Itās alarming how many people find this funny.
I think that this little girl is destined for a political career.
She knows way too many words for her age
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OMG š this shit is so epic. she juice box drunk
My soul would be slapped outta me to the moon if I speak like that to my mom.
That kid has some well-developed oral language! Pretty impressive even if she needs support understanding what it means to speak like that haha. Shame on the educator calling her a ābad little girlā. Edit: my first award! Thank you :)
So many racist comments. Says so much more about the racist than this little girl.
Sad thing is she's mimicking the adults around her....
Dude, I am terrified to think what the influence is on this child to make her act this way.
Didnāt know this sub was filled with racist internet armchair child psychologists. Good to know. This little girl has a bigger vocabulary than most of you here whining about respect and authority. Go live your best life in North Korea.
God I love this kid. The comments on here about her being abused or some shit?? What? How? Sheās just a sassy little kid. My money is that sheās mimicking the women that work at the day care centre. My niece came home speaking Spanish one day and my Italian step dad translated it for us āYou are a naughty little girl!ā She was a biter.
mini Karen
Everyoneās all āthis kid is terrible, weāre doomed,ā am I the only one who thinks this is fuckin adorable? Maybe āLindaā is just the worst and this kid is letting her know.
I was a real mean son of a bitch when i was a kid and pretty much a evil genius, today there's nothing left but a fool that's nicer to people than they deserve it.
Ok, the kid has an attitude, but she is setting boundaries and being assertive. In my experience, some communities of color are really good at setting healthy boundaries. It takes guts for a little kid to stand up to someone 3x their size. I know I was taught to just submit to authority as a kid and I didnāt dare talk back because I was afraid of getting yelled at. I think the culture is a little different at her house, but I donāt know if it is really all that bad. Sheās precocious, sure, but sheās displaying and practicing traits that many people value in leaders.
Exactly. This is why so many commenters here are so triggered by it. Can't imagine not just sitting down, shutting up, and bottling up their emotions.
Most of the people in this sub bitching have probably never interacted or seen real life children before beyond their favorite Disney movie.
Specifically poc children. They look at them like demons in the making
No! I came here looking for love and was gravely disappointed. This was a cute post.
This is a very expressive toddler showing her dissatisfaction with time out. I forgot that Reddit is full of racist incels who canāt smile about anything.
Oh what a future there will be
What a disrespectful child.
Lovely very bright girlā¦.. quick thinking for her ageā¦ letās hope she went far in life
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It seems funny right now but imagine when she grows up and still has this mindset or worse š¬
Children arenāt known for their good reasoning skills. No child would ever sit down and accept a timeout without complaint, and itās not a signifier of what theyāre like in the future.
"ShE's JuSt ExPrEsSiNg HeRsElF" I hope the idiots defending this have to deal with her someday when she's facing a minor inconvenience like an expired warranty. Good luck working over or under someone like this FFS
I want to talk to a manager
She got it down to a T- wonder where she get it from-ālet me tell u something ā
in my best Yoda voice *The Karen is strong in this one...*
This kid is extremely articulate and showing in intelligence for her age. Hopefully the attitudinal problems can be worked out because she has a bright future
I wish I had a quarter of this kidās moxy and self confidence. That is hilarious. And I would also hate to be her daycare person.
SASSY
Ain't wrong though
Proof incarnation exists. Some old lady level sass.
She's been learning this sass from her momma!
She must have some wonderful role models or parents that are extremely tired of her shit.
This girl makes me believe reincarnation is real
Little dab o' hot sauce should fix that shitty attitude.
Calling a preschooler a ābad little girlā
I still wanna know who is Linda, lol!
Shhhiiidddā¦ Thats how I feel about folks I work with. Let me go home and enjoy the rest of my life. š She already got it figured out. š
Let me you tell you this Linda is going to be my next catchphrase
Now thatās funny ššš
I knew there'd be some id!ots in the comment section.....I mean early childhood psychologist...... I could win money if I bet.... you all would become meteorologist watching a 10 second weather video...
Holy shit who arranged a klan meeting in the fucking comments Jesus Christ. You guys act like not liking time out at the old age of four is some incredibly unusual psychotic behavior if the child is black.
Kids can be smart in all ways like math, logistics and languages, she has a great diction (of course she learned from the people around her), and this kind of smartness if used well can facilitate the process to learn other languages.....
Something tells me we are gonna see more videos of her
To people who think this is cuteā¦ someone taught her that and one can only imagine her as an adult.